Published February 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Influence of the interpellet space to the Instant Release Fraction determination of a commercial UO2 Boiling Water Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel

  • 1. Fundació CTM Centre Tecnològic, Plaça de la Ciència 2, 08243 Manresa (Spain)
  • 2. European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre - JRC, Directorate G - Nuclear Safety & Security, Department G.III, P.O. Box 2340, D-76125 Karlsruhe (Germany)
  • 3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – Barcelona Tech, Eduard Maristany 14, 08019 Barcelona (Spain)

Description

Highlights: • These paper studies the axial heterogeneity of the spent nuclear fuel. • The presence of the dishing increases the release of Cs one order of magnitude. • One of the major contributions to the IRF comes from the RN trapped in the dishing.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.10.064

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.10.064;
PII
S0022311517305901;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Journal Volume
499
Journal Page Range
p. 9-17
ISSN
0022-3115
CODEN
JNUMAM

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